Truce in Viet Nam Spurs Hope for Peace Talks
Christmas Eve cease fire orders halt all offensive action for 30 hours for U S and South Vietnam with Viet Cong pledging 12 hours. Saigon crowds celebrate while U S Marines and air units prepare for possible resumption of full operations at midnight. Cardinal Spellman visits troops as global pressure for extended peace grows.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
An Khe
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Associated Press
Bob Poos
da Nang
Air Force
South
7Th Fleet
South China Sea
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Washington
David Duffy
Syracuse
N.Y
Marine Civic Action
United States
Bob Hope
Francis Cardinal Spellman
di An
Than
State Department
Johnson opens gifts as paperwork lingers at Christmas
President Johnson and family arrive at his boyhood home near LBJ ranch to hear carols. Lady Bird Johnson sings while daughters Lynda and Luci join the choir a 11 month old girl is playfully carried. Neighbors greet the First Family on Christmas Eve in Johnson City Texas.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
LBJ
First Christian
Lady Bird
Lynda
Luci
No Decision Made for 1966 Tax Boost Amid Viet Nam Rumors
Washington sources say no decision on a 1966 tax increase to fund the Viet Nam buildup has been made, with officials predicting Johnson will avoid higher taxes in an election year. The White House labeled reports premature, while calls for deeper civilian spending cuts suggest a shift toward reducing Great Society programs to prevent inflation and deficits. Efforts toward a negotiated cease-fire aim to allow cuts in American troop and money commitments.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Johnson
Congress
White House
Defense Establishment
Top features in today’s paper extra Christmas reading
No Herald on Christmas Day but the edition offers extra content. The paper lists a Christmas editorial and cartoon on page 4, two pages of comics on pages 16 and 17, World Today with year’s top stories on page 5, Church Page on Denmark and Pope Paul VI on page 9, President Johnson as newsmaker of the year on page 12, and the final chapter of a children’s Christmas story on page 21.
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World Today
Church of Denmark
President Johnson
Bus Crash in Oregon Kills 12, Injures 20
A Greyhound bus overturned on icy Interstate 5 between Grants Pass and Medford killing 12 passengers and injuring 20 others. The bus was en route from Spokane to San Francisco with 33 aboard. driver Joseph Bailey of Battle Ground, Wash., says speed and a skid caused the loss of control. Police noted icy roads and steady rain with multiple nearby crashes reported.
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Medford
Ore
Greyhound
Spokane
Wash
San Francisco
Oregon
Grants Pass
Erving Carew
Portland
Sacred Heart Hospital
Joseph Bailey
Battle Ground
Bailey
Weekend Weather Outlook With Snow Likely Sunday
Partial clearing and colder conditions expected tonight with locally much colder air. Saturday will be fair to partly cloudy with lows around 12 to 20 and highs near 24 to 28. Sunday looks snowy.
Traffic Deaths State Today and Past Year Comparisons
A brief report shows Iowa traffic deaths for today at 821 and for the same day last year at 819. Nationwide context notes today’s toll in Iowa stands at 785 while the previous year recorded 827.
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Iowa
Tragedy on Rainslick Highway 63
Four killed and a fifth critically injured in a four vehicle and feed truck crash on rain slicked Highway 63 south of Stewartville. Victims include Roy and Harry Eisenberg, Paul Komnick and Ruth Komnick. Mary Sexton remains in critical condition.
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Warren Strandell
Stewartville
Mary Sexton
Sumner
Iowa
Roy W. Eisenberg
Harry H. Eisenberg
Hudson
Ill
Paul Komnick
Ruth
Bloomington
Mower County
Minnesota
Carl Schroeder
Ann E. Chaffee
Rochester
Farmers Elevator Co
Lowell Saterdalen
Chaffee
Schroeder
Sexton
Roy Eisenberg
Eisenberg
It Will Be Nervous Type Christmas in Santo Domingo
Dominican Christmas faces a nervous mood as unrest and violence since last April's rebellion darken celebrations. The country remains split between pro rebel and anti rebel camps with heavy casualties. Residents fear a grim holiday season and hope for calmer days ahead.
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Santo Domingo
Robert Berrellez
Dominican Republic
Santiago
Christmas Cheer Brightens Viet Nam and Dominican Posts
The Christmas Eve communique from USMACV notes ground actions air strikes and naval activity with claimed victories and losses. In the Dominican Republic American troops of the Inter American Peace Force bring Christmas cheer paratroopers fix up a hospital with a tree and candy canes. The 6,800 troops secure turkey dinners and trees are up at most camps around the city.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Military Assistance Command
Viet Nam
82Nd Airborne Brigade
No. 38480 Gets Christmas Gift
Ed Bowlen, inmate No. 38480 since 1955, received a full pardon from Gov. Frank G. Clement at a Christmas party. After holidays he will become superintendent of a Jordania boys dormitory at the correctional school, per Corrections Commissioner Harry S. Avery.
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Nashville, Tenn
Ed Bowlen
State Penitentiary
Frank G. Clement
Bowlen
Jordania
Harry S. Avery
Willmar Man Captured in Houston Among FBI Ten Most Wanted
Allen W. Haugsted 34, sought for the Willmar Minnesota double slayings of his wife Evelyn 29 and mother in law 55, was arrested in a Houston apartment by four FBI agents. He had eluded prosecution after a March 8 federal warrant for unlawful interstate flight. He had lived in Houston since April 1 under the name David Larsen and worked as a rod cutter and baker. He asked about his wounded daughter as he faced arraignment.
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Allen Wade Haugsted
FBI
L. Elliot Baker
U.S
Houston
Tex
Haugsted
Tion
Willmar Man
Houston, Tex
Allen W. Haugsted
Willmar, Minn
Minneapolis
Evelyn
Olaf Dalen
Dalen Farm
Patricia
Ingolf Dalen
David Larsen
Frank V. Hitt
Baker
Iowa
Costa
St. Cloud Reformatory
Minnesota
Pleasant Christmas Weather Forecast for Minnesota and Dakotas
The Associated Press reports generally mild Christmas weather for Minnesota and the Dakotas with subzero readings in northern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota tonight. Highs range from 15 to 44 across the region with possible late snow in western North Dakota and northwest South Dakota.
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Minnesota
Dakotas
North Dakota
South Dakota
South da
Kota
Hibbing
International Falls
Bemidji
Duluth
Devils Lake
Fargo
Jamestown
Weather Bureau
Aberdeen
Sioux Falls
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